Report: UFC champ Brock Lesnar suffering bacterial infection of intestines

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The mystery illness plaguing UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar now has a name.

UFC president Dana White today told the Associated Press that Lesnar is currently suffering from a bacterial infection in his intestinal track in addition to the mononucleosis that has recently plagued him

White shared with a small group of reporters at this past Saturday's post-UFC 105 press conference that Lesnar would be out indefinitely due to the issues.

"I'm actually probably going to fly to go see him, and we're going to probably have to do some stuff to take care of this guy," White said on Saturday. "He is not well, and he's not getting any better."

Despite the new diagnosis, White told the Associated Press he was still encouraging Lesnar to seek further treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.

Lesnar had been expected to meet challenger Shane Carwin at Saturday's UFC 106 event, but the illness forced the UFC to reschedule the contest for Jan. 2. That date has also since been scrapped.

On Saturday, White refused to speculate on whether the condition could potentially be career-ending. Today's report also did little to clear the air.

"It depends on how serious this is," White said.
UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar has been hospitalized with a bacterial infection in his intestinal tract and his fighting career could be at risk "depending on how serious it is," according to remarks from UFC President Dana White in the latest article from the Associated Press.

Over the weekend, UFC President Dana White provided an alarming update on his condition, saying that he was "very, very sick" and that he was "not going to be getting well any time soon."

Of course, conspiracy theories and hack medical diagnoses flooded the Internet. White didn't reveal the mystery illness at the time to protect Lesnar's medical privacy; however, it now appears that he's let the cat out of the bag to tamp down the raging speculation.